very good lunch at cotogna. favorites were the dungeness crab soup, the delicious prosciutto, gorgonzola with gnocco fritto, spaghetti with butter and anchovies, and tagliatelle.
I don’t know. but what really made it standout from others I’ve tried was the creamy gorgonzola dolce. that with the pickled onions was the perfect crispy, salty, creamy, airy bite.
it’s odd they don’t even list the gorgonzola on the menu.
Taking this as a sign to post a very good dinner at Cotogna last month. The outdoor space they built is quite lovely, with twinkling lights and plants to help distract from the fact you’re actually on the sidewalk/street. (I preferred it to the indoor dining room which felt loud from sound bouncing off the hard surfaces.) They have a covered ceiling and patio heaters overhead to keep the temperature comfortable.
Focaccia di Recco was super thin and flaky, enveloping a lovely, mild, milky stracchino cheese and seasoned lightly with flake salt. Loved the copper pan it came on. Tagliolini was delicious as was the steak, served perfectly medium rare, but the potatoes that came alongside were notably fantastic - crisp on the outside and soft and fluffy inside. Great wood-fired cooking all around. Chowpup reports that the sorbetto was “not too sweet” and “just a tiny bit bitter from the zest.”
Wished we had tried the prosciutto with gnocco fritto, and now regret it doubly after your review!
Bummed they cut back hours too on Wednesday and maybe Tuesday (?) can’t remember if Tuesday had lunch/mid day. Wonder if they moved staff around with the reopening of Verjus
Sat in front of the pizza oven and grill for Wed lunch a few times last year
